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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018
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GOLDEN GIRL
GOLDEN GIRL
Barker
gets a
little
bigger
PAUL MITCHELL
TONY Pasin will rack up even more
kilometres as Member for Barker, under
a draft redraw of South Australia’s federal
electorate boundaries.
The Australian Electoral Commission
released the proposed overhaul on Friday,
including details of how the number of SA
seats would be cut from 11 to 10.
The Labor-held seat of Port Adelaide is
set to be abolished, and boundaries moved
across all other seats – including Barker,
which Mr Pasin has held for the Liberals
since 2013.
Barker is already an enormous elec-
torate of over 64,000 square kilometres,
stretching from the South East to the
Riverland and Murraylands, but under
the changes will be further extended to
include more of the Barossa Valley region.
While noting the extra travel require-
ments, Mount Gambier-based Mr Pasin
said given a draft redraw was mandatory,
the changes were “sensible”.
“The proposed boundaries significantly
increase the size of my electorate, which
involves yet further travel and logistical
difficulties,” he said.
“But this is unfortunately the circum-
stances we find ourselves in, moving from
11 seats to 10.
Continued page 5
PAGE 5 Water allocations at 100%
THE Riverland has its
newest golden girl – and
Nicole Seekamp admits it
might take a while to sink in.
Seekamp had the night of
her life on Saturday, winning
a Commonwealth Games
gold medal for the Australian
Opals women’s basketball
team, then being proposed
to on court by her American
boyfriend Cody Havermann.
“It was definitely a night to
remember...” Seekamp told
the Murray Pioneer yesterday.
“I have to keep looking
at the gold medal and at the
ring to make sure it actually
happened.”
Watched by her fam-
ily, including parents Alan
(‘Frosty) and Charmaine,
and brothers Craig and
Steve, the Renmark prod-
uct was on court when the
final whistle sounded against
England in Saturday night’s
gold-medal game, which the
Opals won 99-55.
Seekamp’s star has been
steadily rising in recent
years, after she completed a
successful US college bas-
ketball career, then joined
Adelaide Lightning’s WNBL
side.
The Riverland narrowly
missed a Gold Coast golden
double, when ex-Berri hock-
ey player Karri McMahon
and her Hockeyroos team-
mates collected a silver
medal, after losing to New
Zealand in the final.
PAGE 23 Seekamp success
RIVERLAND football, net-
ball, hockey and soccer
are previewed in the 2018
annual Gameplan season
preview, inside today’s
Murray Pioneer.
While the local hockey
and soccer seasons are
already under way, the
release of this year’s
52-page magazine coin-
cides with the launch of the
Riverland football and net-
ball seasons this weekend.
The magazine includes
a look at all 14 Riverland
Football League teams’
chances, along with netball,
soccer and hockey clubs.
Renmark football star
Matt Woolford and his wife
Dani, who plays A1 netball
for Renmark, said they
were looking forward to the
2018 season – and catch-
ing up on the Gameplan.
Continued page 8
Gameplan
2018 edition
inside today
Renmark sporting duo Matt and
Dani Woolford with a copy of the
annual Gameplan publication,
free inside today’s Murray
Pioneer. PHOTO: Christian Longobardi
Nicole Seekamp with her dad, Alan (‘Frosty’)
after winning a gold medal. PHOTO: supplied